Meaning

2 senses
  1. (not comparable)At all; in any way; whatsoever.

    There is no point whatever in going on with this discussion.

  2. (interrogative, not comparable)In what way; to what extent.

    Whatever does it matter now?

Examples

1686 sentences
  1. You can take whatever you like.

    Можеш взяти будь-який, що тобі до сподоби. — Ahha

  2. You can say whatever you want.

    Можеш казати все, що захочеш. — deniko

    ruТы можешь сказать все, что хочешь. — Balamax

    deDu kannst sagen, was auch immer du willst. — Yorwba

  3. Do whatever you have to do.

    Роби те, що мусиш. — deniko

    ruДелай что должен. — sharptoothed

    deTu, was immer du tun musst. — Felixjp

  4. You can have whatever you want.

    Можеш взяти, що хочеш. — deniko

    ruМожете есть что хотите. — marafon

  5. Let Tom read whatever he wants.

    Хай Том читає, що хоче. — deniko

Origin

From Middle English whatever. By surface analysis, what + -ever.

From Middle English whatever. By surface analysis, what + -ever.

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Word family

1 related words
Relatedhowsoever

Collocations

12 patterns
  • to do whatever
  • can do whatever
  • will do whatever
  • whatever happens
  • may do whatever
  • whatever needs needs
  • eat whatever
  • could do whatever
  • can say whatever
  • buy whatever
  • whatever happened to
  • do whatever needs

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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